Cut Rate Beer Sets Pattern For Solving British Crisis
New York beer vendor Sam Atkins advocates devaluing the pound to boost exports, mirroring his own price cut from 10 to 5 cents per glass. He explains how lowering the beer price increased sales, arguing the same principle could help Britain sell more goods and attract dollars. He notes Cripps and Bevin oppose devaluation, while asserting the concept in a simple terms.
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Sam
Atkins
Cripps
Bevin
Exchequer
England
Shell
New York
Lightning Strike Kills Cow and Shocks Milker in Auburn
In Auburn California on Thursday a bolt of lightning struck a cow during milking, killing the animal and severely shocking rancher Joseph R. Henriques. Henriques, treated for extreme shock and burns, was found by his son Maurice after the strike during breakfast.
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Auburn
Calif
Joseph R. Henriques
Henriques
Maurice
Fancy Booklets Become Weapons In Disease War
Columbia University’s Communication Materials Center collaborates with the US Public Health Service to produce pamphlets, radio scripts, posters, and films promoting disease awareness. The campaign reaches about 300 cities with materials featuring notable personalities and dramatic content to engage the public in health education. A new juke-box song, That Ignorant Ignorant Cowboy, is planned to spread the message.
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Communication Materials Center
CMC
Columbia University Press
US Health Service
John Q
Erik Barnouw
US Public Health Service
Columbia University Radio Bureau
Norman Brokenshire
James Farley
Tex McCrary
Jinx Falkenberg
Lou Little
Drew Pearson
Joe Louis
Southern Educational Film Production Service
Barnouw
Katey
Sinclair Announces Andrews County Gain
Sinclair Oil & Gas said it discovered additional oil production from the Ellenberger formation in the Shafter oil field Texas. The No 3 University No 153 well flowed 1091 barrels of 41.3 gravity oil daily from 11825 feet, a new level for the block though two shallower wells already produced there.
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New York
Sinclair Oil & Gas Company
Ellenberger
Shafter
Andrews County
Texas
University
Solon Calls For Bill Changes On Trade Plan
Senator Millikin demands a peril point check on reciprocal trade powers to guard American producers from floods of cheap imports. Leader Lucas predicts the administration can win support, while debate on tariff control may last weeks.
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Solon
Washington
Millikin
Lucas
Congress
Tariff Commission
Commission
House
Roosevelt
Truman
State Department
New Washington Publisher Born Reporter Chosen at Times Herald
Mrs. Peter Miller Jr., aged 28, will lead the Washington Times-Herald after the Tribune purchase. Miller, longtime journalist and scion of Medill McCormick and Ruth Hanna McCormick Simms, began at 18 on the Rockford Star. The couple, currently in Peru, plan to take over duties by Oct. 1 with Miller serving as secretary or treasurer and Mrs. Miller as vice president.
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Chicago
Peter Miller, Jr
Washington Times - Herald
Joseph Medill
Medill McCormick
The
Chicago Tribune
Ruth Hanna McCormick Simms
Rockford
Register-Republic and
Star
Rockford Star
Miller
University of Chicago
Bennington College
Arizona
Army Ordnance Department
Colorado
American Epilepsy League
Millers
Washington
Times- Herald
Robert R. McCormick
Tribune
Special Detail Looking Into Houstonite's Death
Four detectives joined the investigation of Houston grocer Michael B. Urbans 57 whose battered body was found in an ice house storeroom. Justice of the Peace Decker and Homicide Capt. Seber led the case after an inquest verdict of murder. An autopsy cited skull fracture and brain hemorrhage. robbery motive discounted despite $113 found. Urbans had been dead since late Monday or Tuesday.
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Houston
Michael B. Urbans
Ice House
George Seber
Justice of the Peace
Thomas I. Decker
Decker
Urbans
Seber
Oldest Weather Data Claim Traced to 1644 Minister
The report notes an early meteorological record begun in 1644 by a minister in what is now Wilmington Delaware. The item highlights an ancient effort to document weather patterns.
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Wilmington
Del
Maine Dimensions and Area Noted in State Facts
The state of Maine measures 320 miles in length and 210 miles at its widest, with a total area of 33 040 square miles according to cited statistics.
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State of
Maine
Barkley Dodges Romance Question at Illinois Event
Vice President Alben Barkley faced light ribbing from Governor Adlai Stevenson about his widow friend Mrs. Carleton Hadley. He declined to comment on romance as he spoke at a life insurance ceremony in Springfield, noting no change in the situation and planning trips to Chicago and Washington. He praised U.S. aid to poorer nations and Atlantic pact as a democratic bulwark.
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Springfield
Ill
INS
Alben Barkley
Illinois
St. Louis
Adlai E. Stevenson
Barkley
Life Insurance Company
Carleton Hadley
Benjamin Franklin
Mrs. Hadley
Chicago
Washington
Life Insurance Building
Swedish Officer Visits Bergstrom on US Base Tour
Captain Rolf Westerberg of the Swedish Air Force arrived at Bergstrom Air Force Base for a study tour of US air bases. He will observe training and operations of the 23rd Fighter Wing and visit installations in San Antonio Fort Worth El Paso and bases in Arizona and California.
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Rolf Westerberg
Bergstrom Air Force Base
Bergstrom
Westerberg
Barksdale Air Force Base
Shreveport
San Antonio
Fort Worth
el Paso
Arizona
California
Sweden
Goodrich Pays Striker Insurance Costs Amid Nationwide Strike
The B F Goodrich Company will advance about 400000 dollars to cover September insurance premiums for striking workers. The 13 day old walkout by the United Rubber Workers Union idled 16000 workers at seven plants in seven states. Union and company officials are negotiating a new contract in Dayton Ohio. About 85 percent of strikers participate in the firm insurance plan covering life, hospital, sickness and accident benefits. The advance will be repaid from workers’ pay when the strike ends.
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Akron
Ohio
B. F. Goodrich
United Rubber Workers Union
Goodrich
Dayton
Lamesa Woman Dies In Headon Car Crash
Gwen Allister age 36 of Lamesa dies in a head on crash north of the city. She rides with Mrs. Glen Cope whose car collides with a San Antonio driver George C. Brown. Brown is critically injured while Mrs. Cope suffers severe shock.
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Lamesa
Headon
Gwen Allister
Glen Cope
George C. Brown
San Antonio
Brown
Cope
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